Steve Jobs' face to appear on a commemorative postage stamp in 2015

posted by Peter K.
Feb 21, 2014, 10:07 AM

The face of Steve Jobs, the deceased co-founder and former CEO of Apple, is bound to appear on a collectible US postage stamp, a recent US Postal Service list claims. According to it, the design for the commemorative stamp is currently in the works and the finished product will be released by 2015...

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Second? Not even in the top 10. That doesn't change the fact that the Blackberry trajectory has turned into a nosedive into the ground, and the smartphone trajectory is completely based on the iPhone experience. Not the 10 Pradas that we're sold, not the Androberry, not Windows Mobile, and certainly not Blackberry, given the paucity of QWERTY phones in the wild, but the iPhone.

posted on Feb 22, 2014, 8:50 AM 1

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"whose images are considered to be "contemporary, timely, relevant, interesting, and educational".
When you put it in this context... Maybe I could see how he could deserve it and it still a bit of a stretch. But as a man, no. We all know the man was a d!ck, no matter how much we may like some of the devices. And yes, I'm sure the stamp will be very magical and innovative. The thinnest and most advanced stamp on the market and all that. I just wonder if there will be lines forming weeks early to be "One of The First" to own them? The USPS site could use some of that Apple money right about now.

posted on Feb 21, 2014, 11:34 AM 2

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"The USPS site could use some of that Apple money right about now."
True. The sad thing is, they will probably have to fork over a majority of the profits to Apple as a royalty... Look for the USPS to keep around .02 for every stamp sold.

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